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• SHINE Trust Teachers, it’s your time to SHINE! ✨ Do you have an innovative teaching idea to help raise attainment and ...
28/10/2026

• SHINE Trust Teachers, it’s your time to SHINE! ✨ Do you have an innovative teaching idea to help raise attainment and close the disadvantage gap for children in the North?

You could secure a Let Teachers SHINE grant of up to £25,000, plus expert coaching and networking.

By investing directly in teacher-led solutions, SHINE helps turn great classroom practice into sustainable, scalable regional approaches.

Please share this opportunity with your colleagues and wider networks!

Find out more and apply today 👉 https://shinetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/let-teachers-shine/

Get nominating!• Together for Children Nominations are now open!The Sunderland Young Achievers’ Awards 2027 celebrate th...
28/10/2026

Get nominating!• Together for Children Nominations are now open!

The Sunderland Young Achievers’ Awards 2027 celebrate the remarkable children and young people making a difference across our city.

Know someone who deserves their moment to shine?

Nominate now: togetherforchildren.org.uk/SYAA

Get writing! Get Read for Good 📝Let your imagination run wild this half term!!!There’s still time to get involved in BBC...
28/10/2026

Get writing! Get Read for Good 📝Let your imagination run wild this half term!!!

There’s still time to get involved in BBC 500 Words! Encourage your children to let their imaginations run wild and get their stories submitted before the competition closes at 9pm on Friday 6 November. Open to children aged 5–11, stories can be about absolutely anything, as long as they’re no more than 500 words. Every story is a chance to celebrate young imaginations, so why not make one final push to get your class writing? BBC.co.uk/500words

• Simple Politics PM Andy Burnham says, ‘”We’ve all heard someone say ‘school wasn’t really for me’ because they were no...
21/10/2026

• Simple Politics PM Andy Burnham says, ‘”We’ve all heard someone say ‘school wasn’t really for me’ because they were not given the chance to study vocational courses as well as traditional subjects.”⁠
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These new GCSEs will eventually replace existing Technical Awards.

Yeah!!! Get nominating. Together for Children We’re proud to launch the Sunderland Young Achievers’ Awards 2027, celebra...
20/10/2026

Yeah!!! Get nominating.

Together for Children We’re proud to launch the Sunderland Young Achievers’ Awards 2027, celebrating the remarkable children and young people making a difference across our city.

Nominations are now open across 11 award categories, recognising achievements in learning, sport, arts and culture, caring, personal growth, mental health, community involvement and more.

If you know an individual, or group aged 8-18, or up to 25 with SEND, who deserves recognition, nominate them today.

Nominations close Friday 18 December 2026.

Find out more and nominate at www.togetherforchildren.org.uk/SYAA

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Edd Moore 4DAYS TO GO! 🌍🌱 Young voices can help shape the future of our planet!Are you working with young people aged 16...
20/10/2026

Edd Moore 4DAYS TO GO!

🌍🌱 Young voices can help shape the future of our planet!

Are you working with young people aged 16 and under? Here’s an exciting opportunity to make their voices heard on the issues that matter most to them, climate and nature.

The UK Government is inviting young people from across the country to share their ideas to help shape the work of the Youth Climate and Nature Panel.

💡 What would young people like to see change?

🌿 How can we protect wildlife and green spaces?
♻️ How can we reduce waste and tackle climate change?
🏫 What more can schools and communities do to support nature?
🤝 How can young people work with government, businesses and older generations to create a greener future?

🎨 Ideas can be shared through short videos, artwork, posters, letters, poems, presentations, audio recordings or other creative formats.

This is a fantastic opportunity for young people to share their perspectives, inspire action and help influence the future of climate and nature policy.

📅 Deadline: Friday 23 October 2026

🔗 Find out more and submit your ideas:
https://submit.forms.service.gov.uk/form/266263/young-voices-for-climate-and-nature-share-your-ideas

Let’s make sure young people’s voices are heard in shaping a healthier, greener future!

Please share with schools, youth groups, community organisations, sports clubs and anyone working with young people.

We Make Culture SO much fun is being had at the rehearsals of our Kinship Panto 2026 🎄🎭more than Grandparents families s...
20/10/2026

We Make Culture SO much fun is being had at the rehearsals of our Kinship Panto 2026 🎄🎭

more than Grandparents families spent the summer working with Elijah Young to co-create an incredible script.

And since September they’ve been working with director Natasha Haws, facilitator Jemma Martin and music lead Ashleigh lowes to make it happen through song, dance, set design and more!

We’re so excited to see the final product ❤️

Big thank you to The Shears Foundation and Culture Start (Sunderland Culture ) for making this possible.

• Sunderland All Together Consortium HENDON LADS GROUP - TONIGHT! 🎮Looking for somewhere to chill with mates and have ab...
20/10/2026

• Sunderland All Together Consortium HENDON LADS GROUP - TONIGHT! 🎮
Looking for somewhere to chill with mates and have a
bit of fun?

Come along to Hendon Lads Group at Hendon Youth
Hub! A space for young men aged 11-16 to hang out,
play games, get involved in sport, enjoy food and take
part in activities.

📅 Every Monday
⏰ 5pm-7pm
📍 Hendon Youth Hub, SR2 8JX

No pressure, just a chance to chill out, have fun and
meet new people.

See you tonight!


YES Hendon

Edd Moore 📣 Teachers, schools, colleges and universities inspire your young creatives to enter the Re-Invention art comp...
18/10/2026

Edd Moore 📣 Teachers, schools, colleges and universities inspire your young creatives to enter the Re-Invention art competition!

Do you have talented young artists in your classroom or creative community?

This is a fantastic opportunity for young people aged 5 - 25 across Great Britain to imagine and create their vision of a greener, cleaner future.

To celebrate this year’s , hosted by MIMA , Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA), the Octopus Energy competition invites young people to explore the theme of “Re-Invention” through art.

The challenge:

What could our future look like if we reinvented ourselves and the systems we rely on for the good of the planet?

There are some fantastic opportunities up for grabs:

💷 £100 for 100 artists
🏫 £500 cash for 10 schools
💼 Internships at Octopus Energy for 3 job-seekers
📍 Winning artwork displayed on advertising spaces across the UK

🎨 Any medium is welcome - paint, sculpture, textiles, collage and more but artwork must be human made.

AI - generated artwork is not eligible.

📅 Submission deadline: 31 October 2026
🏆 Winners announced: 9 December 2026

Teachers and education teams: why not make this part of a creative, climate or sustainability project this term?

https://octopus.energy/reinvention-art-competition/

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